Atlanta Artist Corey Barksdale Selected as Muralist for Dr. King Monument Project Funded by Georgia Tourism Product Development Grant
Dublin Downtown Development Authority and Visit Dublin GA announced today that Corey Barksdale, a nationally recognized Georgia artist, may be selected since the muralist for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Atlanta Artist Corey Barksdale Selected as Muralist for Dr. King Monument Project Funded by Georgia Tourism Product Development Grant Decatur, GA, August 16, 2016 –(PR.com)– Dublin Downtown Development Authority and Visit Dublin GA announced today that Corey Barksdale, a nationally recognized Georgia artist, may be selected as the muralist for your Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument under increase in Dublin, Georgia. The effect of a $5,000 award by the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Tourism division to finance a mural and gateway signage to begin with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. monument, the mural will probably be located at the intersection of Church and Telfair Streets. It’s going to set a bad tone in creating a creative and interactive public space for tourists to see the first step in Dr. King’s rise to greatness as a leader of the Civil Rights movement.
The job will put in a 54’ 7” wide by 10’ high mural on the wall of the neighboring building highlighting First African Baptist Church and Dublin, Georgia as the location of Dr. King’s first public speech in the mid 1940s. This mural with a Georgia artist assists as a possible additional interactive element of the monument site, present an artistically colorful backdrop for your monument site, and make up a vivid gateway for downtown Dublin. “This project presents the unique possibility to not only commemorate a very important moment in our history, but in addition transform a downtown gateway and add to the assortment of unique public art we’ve in downtown Dublin. It is a win for everybody involved, and we are so pleased with the support and man energy that has been poured in to the MLK Monument project,” said Tara Bradshaw, Director, Main Street Dublin.
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Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale uses art to capture Black history, and promises to capture Dr. King’s speech in Dublin through color and emotion, saying, “A large amount of my images are representative of the experiences i experienced and how I identify myself. These subjects reflect my community. The bold colors which i use happen to be with me since the beginning.
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